To a pro-ana activist, anorexia is not an illness but an exalted calling that is esteemed, cultivated, and preached.

Today’s subject of concern is the pro-ana movement, which obsessively promotes anorexia, or rather, the erroneous understanding of it.

Young people who watch TV shows with junk food ads are more likely to consume more snacks and soda than watchers of TV with no ads.

According to some sources, the “Ultimate Junk Food” that you “never even knew was a junk food” are nut and vegetable oils, packed with fat.

Many companies that use the “The Ultimate Junk Food” phrase are selling product, and we are going to look at some of the language they use.

Junk food has calories galore, along with a noteworthy shortage of micronutrients, and is notorious for being highly processed and refined.

Scotland is trying to come up with some policies that would actually make a difference to the next generation’s health when it comes to obesity prevention.

Why do people eat when they are not hungry? Because of appetite, which is pretty much extrinsic.

We’re stopping short of endorsing NFGFC Chair Jake Steinfeld’s blanket statement that obesity is preventable by just making changes in diet and exercise.

Being a grownup means you can eat five pounds of chocolate-covered bacon at one sitting. Being a grownup in therapy means you don’t.

There might be some evidence the use of a pacifier somehow causes obesity, but the clues about the relationship are elusive and fragmentary.

Who knew that there could be so many disturbing connections between obesity and the common baby pacifier?

We are looking at direct and indirect connections between pacifier use and obesity.

What is the relationship between childhood obesity and the use of pacifiers?

Is there a link between obesity and pacifier use? And do pacifiers interfere with breastfeeding?

In Britain, Lord Ian McColl was a professor of surgery for nearly 30 years, and has been a member of the House of Lords since 1989. He popularized the magnificent slogan quoted in the title of this post, which refers to the obesity epidemic that kills …

When it comes to children’s diet and “nutritional inequality,” research shows socioeconomic factors and emotional issues play a role.

One study showed that the mother’s consumption of artificially sweetened beverages did not affect birth weight, but the difference showed up within a year.

Could it be possible that the demonstrable addictiveness of food could be explained not by the presence of evil ingredients but by a lack of useful nutrients?

Allen Carr built an empire of influence that claims millions of satisfied customers who shook off their addictions, from nicotine to food.

Allen Carr, who helped millions of people to quit smoking, branched out into weight loss, because compulsive eating is similar to compulsive nicotine use.

One study showed the would-be PE teachers stereotyped heavy kids by thinking they are inferior, even in brainpower and social graces.

Critics of McDonald’s don’t appreciate the corporation’s tendency to use charity as a smokescreen to distract attention from questionable business practices.

Studies of how children handle food cravings seem to promise real and meaningful change with using cognitive training regimen.

Eating to alleviate stress and for comfort is based on the erroneous concept that emotions can be smothered by piling food on top of them.

This post wanders down memory lane to revisit some highlights of emotional consumption lore.

Stress eating and comfort eating are basically the same phenomenon, described in one instance by the cause and in the other, by the effect.

In both people and pets, the natural responses of the animal kingdom under threat — flee, fight, or freeze — have expanded to include an alternative: feed.

Studies shows insufficient sleep in children creates risk for not only obesity but cardio-metabolic instability, which could lead to diabetes and heart disease.

Studies show a strong correlation between irregular sleep patterns and childhood obesity.